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What clients ask us most
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Which primary jurisdictions and license types do you cover?
We support financial institutions, fintechs, and crypto-asset firms across the EU/EEA, MENA, and Asia-Pacific regions. Our core expertise spans full banking applications, payment institution (EMI/PSP) setup, investment brokerage (MiFID II), CASP authorizations (MiCA/VARA), and specialised consumer lending frameworks. We evaluate your business model to determine the optimal jurisdiction and regulatory approach.
How does EU passporting work for financial institutions?
Once authorised in one EEA member state (e.g., under MiFID II or PSD2/PSD3), your entity can passport services across all 27 member states through a notification process managed via your home regulator. We ensure your governance model, AML/CFT procedures, and risk controls are fully aligned for seamless cross-border operations.
How do you support crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) entering the EU or MENA markets?
We guide crypto firms through aligning their operational governance, custody frameworks, and capital structures with frameworks like MiCA in Europe or VARA in Dubai. Our advisory covers everything from establishing localized substance and governance to compiling regulator-ready submission dossiers and liaising directly with regulatory authorities.
What is the typical capital requirement and timeline for a financial services license in Europe?
Initial capital requirements for an investment brokerage (MiFID II) licence vary heavily depending on the planned scope of investment services (e.g., reception and transmission of orders vs. dealing on own account), crypto asset license type, etc. Timelines typically range from 6 to 12 months. We help you structure your operations cost-effectively and prepare a high-quality submission dossier to streamline regulator approvals.
How do you address substance, key person, and local governance requirements?
Regulators increasingly require genuine local substance rather than shell structures. We help you structure local board compositions, key function holder roles (e.g., Compliance Officer, MLRO), and operational workflows. This ensures your governance meets strict local fit-and-proper standards while remaining operationally efficient.
What is the scope of your advisory services, and how are responsibilities divided during the process?
We work as a collaborative strategic partner throughout your licensing and compliance journey, including drafting and structuring all required documentation in full alignment with regulatory standards and industry best practices, ready for your final internal review, identifying, flagging, and explaining critical regulatory gaps, risks, and essential compliance requirements, actively tracking project milestones to ensure all deliverables, documentation phases, and submission deadlines remain strictly on schedule.
FAQ
What clients ask us most
We’re here for the follow-up questions too—find us on the Contact page.
Which primary jurisdictions and license types do you cover?
We support financial institutions, fintechs, and crypto-asset firms across the EU/EEA, MENA, and Asia-Pacific regions. Our core expertise spans full banking applications, payment institution (EMI/PSP) setup, investment brokerage (MiFID II), CASP authorizations (MiCA/VARA), and specialised consumer lending frameworks. We evaluate your business model to determine the optimal jurisdiction and regulatory approach.
How does EU passporting work for financial institutions?
Once authorised in one EEA member state (e.g., under MiFID II or PSD2/PSD3), your entity can passport services across all 27 member states through a notification process managed via your home regulator. We ensure your governance model, AML/CFT procedures, and risk controls are fully aligned for seamless cross-border operations.
How do you support crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) entering the EU or MENA markets?
We guide crypto firms through aligning their operational governance, custody frameworks, and capital structures with frameworks like MiCA in Europe or VARA in Dubai. Our advisory covers everything from establishing localized substance and governance to compiling regulator-ready submission dossiers and liaising directly with regulatory authorities.
What is the typical capital requirement and timeline for a financial services license in Europe?
Initial capital requirements for an investment brokerage (MiFID II) licence vary heavily depending on the planned scope of investment services (e.g., reception and transmission of orders vs. dealing on own account), crypto asset license type, etc. Timelines typically range from 6 to 12 months. We help you structure your operations cost-effectively and prepare a high-quality submission dossier to streamline regulator approvals.
How do you address substance, key person, and local governance requirements?
Regulators increasingly require genuine local substance rather than shell structures. We help you structure local board compositions, key function holder roles (e.g., Compliance Officer, MLRO), and operational workflows. This ensures your governance meets strict local fit-and-proper standards while remaining operationally efficient.
What is the scope of your advisory services, and how are responsibilities divided during the process?
We work as a collaborative strategic partner throughout your licensing and compliance journey, including drafting and structuring all required documentation in full alignment with regulatory standards and industry best practices, ready for your final internal review, identifying, flagging, and explaining critical regulatory gaps, risks, and essential compliance requirements, actively tracking project milestones to ensure all deliverables, documentation phases, and submission deadlines remain strictly on schedule.
FAQ
What clients ask us most
We’re here for the follow-up questions too—find us on the Contact page.
Which primary jurisdictions and license types do you cover?
We support financial institutions, fintechs, and crypto-asset firms across the EU/EEA, MENA, and Asia-Pacific regions. Our core expertise spans full banking applications, payment institution (EMI/PSP) setup, investment brokerage (MiFID II), CASP authorizations (MiCA/VARA), and specialised consumer lending frameworks. We evaluate your business model to determine the optimal jurisdiction and regulatory approach.
How does EU passporting work for financial institutions?
Once authorised in one EEA member state (e.g., under MiFID II or PSD2/PSD3), your entity can passport services across all 27 member states through a notification process managed via your home regulator. We ensure your governance model, AML/CFT procedures, and risk controls are fully aligned for seamless cross-border operations.
How do you support crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) entering the EU or MENA markets?
We guide crypto firms through aligning their operational governance, custody frameworks, and capital structures with frameworks like MiCA in Europe or VARA in Dubai. Our advisory covers everything from establishing localized substance and governance to compiling regulator-ready submission dossiers and liaising directly with regulatory authorities.
What is the typical capital requirement and timeline for a financial services license in Europe?
Initial capital requirements for an investment brokerage (MiFID II) licence vary heavily depending on the planned scope of investment services (e.g., reception and transmission of orders vs. dealing on own account), crypto asset license type, etc. Timelines typically range from 6 to 12 months. We help you structure your operations cost-effectively and prepare a high-quality submission dossier to streamline regulator approvals.
How do you address substance, key person, and local governance requirements?
Regulators increasingly require genuine local substance rather than shell structures. We help you structure local board compositions, key function holder roles (e.g., Compliance Officer, MLRO), and operational workflows. This ensures your governance meets strict local fit-and-proper standards while remaining operationally efficient.
What is the scope of your advisory services, and how are responsibilities divided during the process?
We work as a collaborative strategic partner throughout your licensing and compliance journey, including drafting and structuring all required documentation in full alignment with regulatory standards and industry best practices, ready for your final internal review, identifying, flagging, and explaining critical regulatory gaps, risks, and essential compliance requirements, actively tracking project milestones to ensure all deliverables, documentation phases, and submission deadlines remain strictly on schedule.